Jack Brooks

December 16, 2012

Guiseppe Barranco/Associated Press

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In this Feb. 20, 2008, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Jack Brooks, right, stands alongside former President Bill Clinton during a rally in downtown Beaumont, Texas. Brooks, a Democrat who spent 42 years representing his Southeast Texas district, has died at age 89. (Guiseppe Barranco / AP Photo)

Guiseppe Barranco/Associated Press

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In this Feb. 20, 2008, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Jack Brooks, right, stands alongside former President Bill Clinton during a rally in downtown Beaumont, Texas. Brooks, a Democrat who spent 42 years representing his Southeast Texas district, has died at age 89. (Guiseppe Barranco / AP Photo)